As of Tuesday, June 9, 135 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,437. These new cases were notably recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region (79 cases). 35 cases were recorded in the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 15 in Marrakech-Safi, 4 Fez-Meknes (4 cases) and 2 in Rabat-Salé-Kenitra. Between yesterday and today, two cases of death (210 in total) have been recorded in Marrakech and Tangier. 85
Moroccans stranded in Spain will be repatriated in the next 48 hours, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. The operation will be followed by many others, targeting Moroccans stranded in Turkey, France, Gulf countries and African countries.
On Tuesday, the inhabitants of Imi Agadir, a small village in southern Morocco, joined a rally to demand the arrest of a man suspected of raping a six-year-old girl.
Amnesty International denounced in a statement released, Tuesday, the thousands of arrests made during the state of health emergency in Morocco. The international NGO wrote that 91,623 arrests have been made since March 20. 558 of the arrestees are still detained for having violated the state of emergency, according to an official press release made public on May 22. «The Moroccan authorities must stop exploiting a flawed health emergency law to prosecute human rights activists,
A California man who claims to be a member of the Moroccan royal family was sentenced to 13 years and 11 months in prison, Monday, for defrauding business owners in the United States, local online newspaper Champion Newspaper reports. Known as Hassan Ra El, the 45-year-old man pleaded guilty to mail fraud and two counts of felony theft. He made businesses pay more than $10 million in advanced fees for loans. In addition to the sentence, the man is ordered by a federal judge in Atlanta to
Morocco’s head of government is expected to speak, Wednesday, at the parliament’s Lower House during a monthly session. Saadeddine El Othmani will be addressing the government’s post-lockdown strategy. The session will start at 3 pm, reads a press release posted by the El Othmani on his Twitter account. سأحل غدا الأربعاء 10 يونيو إن شاء الله بمجلس النواب في إطار جلسة عمومية تخصص للأسئلة الشهرية
The World Bank expects Morocco’s GDP for 2020 to fall by -4% due to the coronavirus health crisis. The figure is expected to improve by 2021.
106 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,408, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 327,235 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 208, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 7,423. The confirmed
While some of them were allowed to open their doors, businesses that were forced to suspend their activities during the lockdown in Morocco are struggling to keep their heads above water.
The Azhar Fatwa Global Center has announced that it is not religiously permissible for people who have recovered from coronavirus to sell their antibody-rich blood plasma to others who are still infected. «Selling the blood plasma of a recovered person, taking advantage of the pandemic, is impermissible. The human body, including the flesh and blood, belongs to God, not to the servant, and no one has the right to sell what he does not possess», reads the Fatwa. The Fatwa was